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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 161 · 40 questions
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The method (Find the 100%): Name the topic and write its formula. For percent questions, decide which value is the 100%. Check units (₹, km/h, days) and whether the answer is sensible.

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  1. 1.Aarav’s batting average after 15 innings is 22 runs. How many runs must Aarav score in the next innings to raise the average to 24?
  2. 2.Find the simple interest on ₹11300 at 8% per year for 2 years (in ₹).
  3. 3.The price of a school bag changes from ₹460 to ₹690. By what percent did it go up?
  4. 4.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 97, 87, 90, 82. What is their average mark?
  5. 5.Kabir cycles to his school at 88 km/h and comes back by the same road at 40 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  6. 6.A school bag is marked at ₹1400. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 10% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  7. 7.Priya’s father is three times as old as Priya. The sum of their ages is 28 years. How old is the father?
  8. 8.Nisha can finish a job in 16 days and Vivaan in 14 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  9. 9.By selling a cricket bat for ₹558, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 10%. What did the cricket bat cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  10. 10.A shopkeeper buys a study lamp for ₹1680 and sells it for ₹2520. Find the profit percent.
  11. 11.A car runs for 2 hours at 34 km/h and then for 4 hours at 67 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  12. 12.After a 50% discount, a table fan costs ₹1790. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  13. 13.Manav and Farhan together finish a job in 2 days. Manav alone takes 6 days. How many days would Farhan take alone?
  14. 14.What sum of money earns ₹2200 simple interest in 5 years at 4% per year (in ₹)?
  15. 15.Find the simple interest on ₹10600 at 8% per year for 2 years (in ₹).
  16. 16.Change 10 m/s into km/h.
  17. 17.Marks of 5 friends in a quiz: 41, 50, 51, 55, 28. What is their average mark?
  18. 18.Change 54 km/h into metres per second.
  19. 19.Rohan works twice as fast as Nisha. Together they finish a job in 11 days. How many days would Nisha take alone?
  20. 20.Vivaan’s batting average after 5 innings is 49 runs. How many runs must Vivaan score in the next innings to raise the average to 50?
  21. 21.A table fan bought for ₹1280 is sold at a profit of 30%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  22. 22.Kabir cycles to his school at 66 km/h and comes back by the same road at 22 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  23. 23.By selling a study lamp for ₹735, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 5%. What did the study lamp cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  24. 24.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹945, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 5%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  25. 25.A cricket bat is marked at ₹480. The shop takes 50% off, and then a further 20% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  26. 26.Rohan’s father is four times as old as Rohan. The sum of their ages is 35 years. How old is Rohan?
  27. 27.A bicycle is marked at ₹1100. The shop gives a 30% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  28. 28.A water tank holds 900 litres. 40% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  29. 29.Diya is 2 years older than Kavya. In 5 years, the sum of their ages will be 28. How old is Kavya now?
  30. 30.Two discounts of 20% and 50%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  31. 31.Change 18 km/h into metres per second.
  32. 32.2 years ago, Farhan’s mother was twice as old as Farhan. The mother is 18 years old now. How old is Farhan now?
  33. 33.Kavya and Diya together finish a job in 2 days. Kavya alone takes 6 days. How many days would Diya take alone?
  34. 34.In how many years will ₹1300 earn ₹260 as simple interest at 10% per year?
  35. 35.Kavya works twice as fast as Sneha. Together they finish a job in 10 days. How many days would Sneha take alone?
  36. 36.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 23, 19, 18, 56. What is their average mark?
  37. 37.A cricket bat is marked at ₹1340. The shop gives a 50% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  38. 38.A cricket bat is marked at ₹720. The shop gives a 5% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  39. 39.In how many years will ₹1400 earn ₹336 as simple interest at 6% per year?
  40. 40.The average of 8 numbers is 17. When one more number is added, the average becomes 22. What number was added?

Answer key

  1. 54
  2. 1808
  3. 50
  4. 89
  5. 55
  6. 1134
  7. 21
  8. 15/112
  9. 620
  10. 50
  11. 56
  12. 3580
  13. 3
  14. 11000
  15. 1696
  16. 36
  17. 45
  18. 15
  19. 33
  20. 55
  21. 1664
  22. 33
  23. 700
  24. 900
  25. 192
  26. 7
  27. 770
  28. 540
  29. 8
  30. 60
  31. 5
  32. 10
  33. 3
  34. 2
  35. 30
  36. 29
  37. 670
  38. 684
  39. 4
  40. 62

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